Photo Record
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Title |
Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Object Type |
Carte-de-visite |
Description |
Benjamin Franklin Butler. Studio portrait, half-length, standing. He has grey hair and dark mustache, and is wearing a suit, shirt and tie, with a boutonniere on his lapel. He is standing behind a chair or table with a fringed cloth draped over it. Inscription on verso: "Benj. Butler." Photographer's studio printed on verso: "L. W. Cook, / Photographer, / 145 Tremont Street, and 367 Washington Street, / Boston." Photographer Lemuel Wallace Cook had a studio at those addresses between 1875-1881. Butler was a Union general during the Civil War;was instrumental in reforming labor laws for factory workers in New England (1850s); was a member of the US House of Representatives from Massachusetts 1867-1879; managed the prosecution’s case during the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson (1868); was only one of two white men to show Frederick Douglass courtesy at the National Loyalist Convention in Philadelphia (1866); he and Douglass campaigned together (1872) on behalf of the incumbent president Ulysses S. Grant. He was Governor of Massachusetts 1883-1884. Photo is 10 x 6 cm mounted on pink card 11 x 7 cm. |
Photographer |
Cook, L. W. |
Date |
n.d. |
Processing Method |
Albumen print |
Print size |
10 x 6 cm |
Call Number |
Senter HPH 11-154A |
Catalog Number |
31479006470933 |
Classification |
HB2 Biographies / Portraits, HH4.6 Civil War |
Subjects |
Boston (Mass) Massachusetts--Governors Legislators--United States Portraits |
Place |
Boston, MA |
People |
Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1818-1893 |
Search Terms |
Boston Benjamin Franklin Butler Butler Men Military history Civil War Representatives Governors L. W. Cook Portraits |
Collection |
Haverhill History Collection |
Provenance |
Found in collection. |
Digital Collection |
Senter Digital Archive |
Copyright Statement |
Copyright is not held by the Haverhill Public Library. The library retains custodial rights. |
Last Updated |
2020-02-11 |